It’s disturbing that tens of thousands of immigrant families who entered the country illegally and were ordered to report back to authorities have not done so. But it’s also yet another example of our nation’s broken immigration system.
The Associated Press based on a confidential Homeland Security Department meeting, contending that some 41,000 people apprehended at the border have disappeared into the nation’s interior.
It’s a clear indication that the 2008 law intended to protect child trafficking victims is being abused and needs to be revised. Were it not for this legislation, those caught at the border could be sent back to their home countries.
Perhaps some of them deserve asylum. But there must be a workable system in place to determine that, and one where 70 percent of those detained don’t show up for subsequent proceedings isn’t workable.
Our elected lawmakers have no excuse for failing to deal with this important issue.
